Gain international work experience and boost your resume ininternship, UC’s for-credit internship course.
You’ll work with a local organisation or business and gain invaluable experience and skills in a professional setting. Past interns have worked in areas as diverse as food sustainability, GIS mapping, filmmaking, social entrepreneurship, media and communications, marketing and more.
PACE295 is open to all Study Abroad students – it’s worth 15 credit points (equivalent to one standard UC course) and is taken alongside your choice of other semester courses. The PACE Internships Office works closely with you to understand you areas of interest, skills, industries or organisations you would like to be involved in, and works towards creating an internship tailored to those aims.
An internship in an international setting is a fantastic addition to your resume. If you’re interested in an internship as part of your study abroad semester, reach out to us atucmobility@canterbury.ac.nz.
Field Study
Ocean, rivers, mountains, glaciers, and indigenous and exotic forests are all readily accessible for hands-on learning.
New Zealand’s diverse geography contained in a relatively small area acts as a natural laboratory for off-campus study and makes UC an ideal option for students wishing to undertake field study.
UC operates a network of field stations around the South Island, offering unparalleled access to New Zealand’s flora and fauna, geology, and marine life.
Check out courses in UC Science for a range of courses which incorporate field work.
Enterprise in practice
INOV290 is a for-credit course that allows students to complete a project for a start-up venture, local business, social enterprise, or a student club. This project will enable you to apply your academic skills and knowledge to a practical project.
The course is supported by the staff at the Centre for Entrepreneurship (UCE), which also offers mentoring, seminars, and development bootcamps to students, to encourage entrepreneurial discovery and experimentation.
Service learning and community engagement
CHCH101: Strengthening Communities through Social Innovation is a for-credit course, incorporating service learning.
Building on the community spirit of the famous Student Volunteer Army (SVA), you’ll complete up to 20 hours of community service related to social innovation and volunteerism in the Christchurch community.
As well as providing you with a course experience not available anywhere else in the world, CHCH101 is a great opportunity to get to know New سԹstudents and community members.
Land Journeys and Ethics
Interested in the outdoors and want to learn about the relationships between humans and nature? In SPCO 126 Land Journeys and Ethics you’ll complete a weekend backpacking trip with instructors and use reflections from these experiences, in conjunction with coursework on human-nature relationships, to critically analyse and develop a personal land ethic. The field trip explores the concept of wilderness in land ethics through a direct experience of actual wilderness.
